Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town

UCT Nelson Mandela Memorial Centre and School of Public Governance Architectural Design Competition an African design challenge that invites architects from across Africa to honour the life and legacy of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela through the design of an exceptional architectural intervention. Through a two – stage architectural design competition, eligible participants are asked to submit ideas...

Emeritus Professor Ojelanki Ngwenyama is a senior scholar in the UCT Department of Information Systems in the Faculty of Commerce, a member of the Academy of Science South Africa, and a pioneering researcher in the field of information systems (IS).

Professor Ngwenyama: Pioneering pedagogical practices Emeritus Professor Ojelanki Ngwenyama’s holistic pedagogical practices have been shaping information systems research and academia at UCT for nearly three decades.

Studying commerce at UCT means developing skills that translate directly into the world of work.

With a focus on practical learning, you’ll see the impact of what you study in real time.

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The 6th Safe Sport International Global Conference 2026, recently hosted by the School of Management Studies at UCT, brought together community practice, athlete voices, governance, law and research to explore how sport systems around the world can better protect those at the heart of sport.

Safe sport – the only sport that matters Researchers, policy makers, athletes and sport administrators from 65 countries recently gathered at UCT’s Neville Alexander for the Safe Sport International Global Conference 2026.

A research paper co-authored by Grant Oosterwyk from the UCT Department of Information Systems revealed that when technologies like ShotSpotter travel from the Global North to Global South countries, they arrive not simply as tools, but as governance scripts that shape how problems are understood.

Imported gunshot detection systems can marginalise communities A research paper revealed that when technologies like ShotSpotter travel from the Global North to Global South countries they arrive not simply as tools, but as governance scripts that shape how problems are understood.

NOTICE: UCT online applications will be unavailable from Friday, 29 May 2026 at 17:00 until Monday, 1 June 2026 at 08:00 due to a major infrastructure upgrade. The university regrets any inconvenience caused.

Former SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter delivered a Faculty of Commerce Open Lecture on how South Africa’s fiscal stability, social spending and even the withdrawal of proposed VAT hikes were not the product of luck or miracles, but the result of rebuilding institutional integrity at SARS.

Kieswetter makes a case for institutional integrity as an economic driver Former South African Revenue Service Commissioner Professor Edward Kieswetter delivered this year’s Faculty of Commerce Open Lecture at UCT.

A commerce degree at UCT goes beyond academics.

With strong support systems and access to career development opportunities, you’ll gain the skills and insight needed to step confidently into the world of work.

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